diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 729a225b..a6ea3332 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-xbps-0.40 (???):
+xbps-0.40 (2014-09-18):
 
  * xbps-install(8): handle xbps_transaction_prepare() returning ENOSPC, to
    abort a transaction when there's insufficient disk space on rootdir.